June 16: Youth Day in South Africa
- 1846 – Pius IX was elected pope, beginning the longest reign of all popes (not counting the Apostle St. Peter).
- 1815 – Napoleonic Wars: French forces under Napoléon defeated Blücher's larger Prussian army in the Battle of Ligny, while French Marshal Michel Ney earned a strategic victory against the Anglo-Dutch army in the Battle of Quatre Bras.
- 1883 – Over 180 out of 1,100 children died in the Victoria Hall disaster in Sunderland, England, when they stampeded down the stairs to collect gifts from the entertainers after the end of a variety show.
- 1967 – The first widely promoted and heavily attended rock festival, the Monterey Pop Festival, began in Monterey, California.
- 2000 – Israel complies with the UN Security Council Resolution 425 after 22 years of its issuance, withdrawing from all of Lebanon except the disputed Shebaa farms.
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